''Rags and Tatters'' ( ar, فرش وغطا), ( translit. farš wa-ġaṭa) is a 2013 Egyptian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by

Ahmad Abdalla Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed Abdelkader ( ar, أحمد عبد الله السيد) (born on December 19, 1979, Cairo) is an Egyptian film director, editor and screenwriter. His debut feature film is ''Heliopolis (2009 film), Heliopolis'' (2009); his s ...

. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

2013 Toronto International Film Festival The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. '' The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and '' Life of Crime'' was the closing film. 75 films were ...

. The film was also selected in

London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ...

and

Abu Dhabi Film Festival The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF; ar, مهرجان أبو ظبي السينمائي), formerly the Middle East International Film Festival, was an international film festival held in the city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 2007 to 20 ...

in the official competition. In

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2013, the film won the Grand Prix (The Goldne Antigone) at the Montpellier Film Festival.

Cast

* Asser Yassin * Amr Abed * Mohamed Mamdouh * Latifa Fahmy as The Mother *

Yara Goubran Yara Goubran (in Arabic يارا جبران), is an Egyptian film and stage actress very famous for her roles in independent Egyptian theatre as well as her lead role in an award-winning film ''Basra'' in the role of Nahla. Goubran graduated fro ...

Atef Yousef Atef is the specific feathered white crown of the ancient Egyptian deities, ancient Egyptian deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the white crown of Upper Egypt, with curly ostrich feathers on each side of the crown for the Osiris cult. The feat ...

Reviews

The film had positive reviews in international press such as ''Variety'', ''The Guardian'' and ''Huffington Post''.

References

External links

* 2013 films 2013 drama films Egyptian independent films 2010s Arabic-language films Egyptian drama films 2013 independent films {{indie-drama-film-stub